What Child Is This

~ Recording by Mark O’Connor

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10What Child Is This3:29Mark O’ConnorA Christmas Tradition, Volume IIVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • US1988-12-14
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 25762-2
1.14What Child Is This3:29Mark O’ConnorAn Appalachian ChristmasMark O’ConnorAlbum
  • US2011-09-13
OMAC RecordsOMAC-16
Promotion
1.12What Child Is This3:31Mark O’ConnorWinter WarnerlandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)PRO-A-3328

Relationships

producer:Mark O’Connor (US bluegrass, country and classical fiddler/composer)
fretless bass, guitar, mandola, mandolin, synthesizer and violin:Mark O’Connor (US bluegrass, country and classical fiddler/composer)
membranophone:Eddie Bayers
arranger:Mark O’Connor (US bluegrass, country and classical fiddler/composer)
recording of:What Child Is This? (instrumental)

What Child Is This?

lyricist:William Chatterton Dix (in 1865)
composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:What Child Is This? / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / The First Noel / Silent Night, Holy Night (order: 1)
Christmas Collage (order: 5)
later parody versions:What the Hell Child Is This?
later translated versions:Kas ir šis bērns (Latvian version of English "What Child Is This?")
version of:Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is the basis for:Suite on Famous Christmas Carols: II. What Child is This, Who, Laid to Rest
What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
What Child Is This? (for organ, Roper)
has revision:What Child Is This? (Trans-Siberian Orchestra version)
arrangements:The Son of Mary
What Child is This (piano arr. Baldwin)
What Child Is This (Vince Guaraldi adaptation)
What Child Is This (arr. Johnson and Ricketts)
What Child Is This? (for Sara Stevens)
What Child Is This? (arr. Parker/Shaw)
What Child Is This? (Jack Jezioro, Brendan Harkin arrangements)
What Child Is This? (arr. Warland)
What Child Is This? (arr. John Fahey)
What Child Is This? (arr. Moya Brennan)